DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/05 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.1 - - 69.3 - - 72.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - 13 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1070 - - 372 - - 367 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 921 - - 921 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1959 - - 1261 - - 1256 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2572 - - 1396 - - 2637 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 169 - - 73 - - 45 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 12 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 199 - - 229 - - 232 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 5 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 742 - - 323 - - 79 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1217 - - 938 - - 1177 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 150 - - 41 - - -601 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1809 - - 1220 - - 1857 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 710 - - 750 - - 2010 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.1 - - 69.3 - - 72.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.4 - - 68.4 - - 70.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.8 - - 69.5 - - 73.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.8 - - 68.3 - - 69.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - 13 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1070 - - 372 - - 367 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 16 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98716 13 081 17 076 15 079 98716 91209 7 123 5 062 16 057 91209 85469 11 117 2 106 15 054 85469 80738 9 110 3 056 11 040 80738 76673 9 084 6 080 6 348 76673 73077 7 070 8 072 4 331 73077 69804 4 053 5 058 4 010 69804 66778 4 321 6 021 6 005 66778 63982 7 322 6 357 6 008 63982 61290 10 333 11 329 6 346 61290 58482 12 320 9 302 11 309 58482 55560 15 307 15 293 19 294 55560 52769 22 293 21 279 23 286 52769 50255 27 268 29 275 26 285 50255 48010 28 241 34 249 30 265 48010 45997 30 256 29 246 33 252 45997 44175 48 251 42 257 35 256 44175 42502 56 240 54 239 45 254 42502 40951 57 239 54 239 47 243 40951 39499 55 236 54 241 48 238 39499 38128 52 234 53 242 53 237 38128 36795 40 236 53 241 52 238 36795 35435 37 237 51 237 49 241 35435 34018 36 237 47 230 47 246 34018 32549 34 241 47 226 47 247 32549 31011 33 248 49 229 48 248 31011 29395 35 254 49 234 46 249 29395 27703 37 255 48 242 45 247 27703 25933 37 251 44 248 42 246 25933 24088 35 246 37 254 37 253 24088 22175 32 243 36 258 38 269 22175 20188 30 241 35 263 38 270 20188 18117 28 242 33 265 38 264 18117 16000 29 247 30 275 34 266 16000 13957 31 251 29 288 36 276 13957 12100 31 253 31 290 41 281 12100 10449 29 249 25 273 39 281 10449 8979 29 237 24 256 31 274 8979 7668 30 231 26 254 25 268 7668 6505 31 228 27 255 21 260 6505 5477 32 226 28 255 22 252 5477 4570 30 223 27 252 25 247 4570 3769 28 220 27 248 25 244 3769 3053 25 212 26 244 24 242 3053 2420 23*207 24 242 22 240 2420 1891 20*203 21 236 19 235 1891 1485 16 199 18*233 17*234 1485 1205 15 198 15*230 15*233 1205 1036 13 197 13 228 13 232 1036 938 10 196 9 228 9 230 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography